| Description |
356 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Towards the Modern. Edvard Munch; Kathe Kollwitz -- 2. The Fauves. Henri Matisse; Maurice de Vlaminck; Andre Derain -- 3. The Nabis. Pierre Bonnard; Edouard Vuillard -- 4. Cubism. Fernand Leger; Pablo Picasso; Georges Braque; Robert and Sonia Delaunay; Juan Gris -- 5. Futurism. Giacomo Balla; Umberto Boccioni -- 6. German Expressionism. Emil Nolde; Paula Modersohn-Becker; Gabriele Munter; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; Max Beckmann; Franz Marc -- 7. The Vienna Sezession. Gustav Klimt; Oskar Kokoschka; Egon Schiele -- 8. The Ecole de Paris. Georges Rouault; Piet Mondrian; Constantin Brancusi; Amedeo Modigliani; Chaim Soutine -- 9. The Russians. Kasimir Malevich; Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova; Vladimir Tatlin; Marc Chagall; Liubov Popova; El Lissitzky; Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova; Naum Gabo -- 10. Dada. Francis Picabia; Marcel Duchamp; Kurt Schwitters; Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp; John Heartfield -- 11. Metaphysical Painting. Giorgio de Chirico; Giorgio Morandi -- 12. Surrealism. Max Ernst; Joan Miro; Rene Magritte; Salvador Dali -- 13. The Bauhaus. Vasily Kandinsky; Lyonel Feininger; Paul Klee; Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; Josef Albers -- 14. The New Objectivity. Otto Dix; George Grosz -- |
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15. The Mexicans. Jose Clemente Orozco; Diego Rivera; David Alfaro Siqueiros; Frida Kahlo -- 16. America Between the Wars. Edward Hopper; Georgia O'Keeffe; Thomas Hart Benton; Stuart Davis -- 17. England Between the Wars. Jacob Epstein; Stanley Spencer; Ben Nicholson; Henry Moore; Barbara Hepworth -- 18. Abstract Expressionism. Mark Rothko; Clyfford Still; Willem de Kooning; Arshile Gorky; Barnett Newman; Lee Krasner; Franz Kline; Jackson Pollock; Ad Reinhardt -- 19. Post-War Europe. Alberto Giacometti; Jean Dubuffet; Balthus; Francis Bacon -- 20. The Heirs of Abstract Expressionism. Louise Nevelson; David Smith; Morris Louis -- 21. American Neo-Dada. Robert Rauschenberg; Jasper Johns -- 22. British Pop Art. Richard Hamilton; David Hockney --23. American Pop Art. Roy Lichtenstein; Andy Warhol; Claes Oldenburg; Jim Dine -- 24. The Artist Not the Artwork. Louise Bourgeois; Joseph Beuys; Yves Klein; Eva Hesse; Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| Summary |
"Informative and entertaining, illuminated with entertaining anecdotes and balanced historical judgment, this is a collection for everyone interested in the art and artists of the 20th century. Contained here are some of the most incredible life stories of our time. One hundred artists who have shaped our perceptions of the 20th century are presented here in lively biographies. Each entry is well illustrated with important works, self-portraits and photographs, and includes an excellent guide for further reading. Clearly grouped according to style and era are modern art's pioneers from Picasso and Duchamp to Louise Bourgeois and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Edward Lucie-Smith vividly evokes the lives of these great personalities and guides the reader through the maze of different styles and movements with authority and verve. -- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Artists -- Biography
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Artists.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
98075076 |
| ISBN |
0500237395 |
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